Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-21

cy every agency of the saloon and
1 every form OF Free Thinking and So.
cialistic sen timent.
Ii these newly arrived citizens do
not know, the political headquarters
which is using them for a dangerous
! purpo Sc can tell them that the laws
of Pennsylvania are intended to bear
equally upon all citizens and that the
man who demands the right to pur-
chase his beer on Sunday is not en-
titled to any better treatment than the
man who demands his right to pur-
chase whiskey, and that both aud all
to be justly restricted, must be re.
stricted alike-that proper Sabbath
restrictions are as old as our govern
ment, and their propriety was never
seriously questioned until this newly
organ lied force backed, by the power
of money and the all-too prevalent
motives for disorder, rose in behalf of
so-called personal liberty.
Let US glance at this auxiliary
power to the combined Democratic
and Liquor organizations, 1t is q
mistake to suppose that any national
ity in Philadelphia and Allegheny
have rushed pell-mell into it. AS
rule only the uneducated, socialistic
and Anarchic portions of the two
great cities remain in it.
1t would also do injustice to many
law abiding men in the trade to say
that all forms of liquor dealers are in
this combination. None of those
who favor High License have any
sympathy with it, nor US rule do
those who own their hotel furniture
or property. These constitute more
than one-half of the total number in
the country. and about one-third in
the city districts. Many of these are
now refusing to pay the current as
sessments for political purposes. The
State and City Committees find evi-
dence of the truth of this.
We haye thus summarized and
given few running CONNIE nts upon
the facts, as presented in the great
cities of Pennsylvania, Whose
doubts, let him with equal care en-
ployed by the representatives of the
Republican State and City Commit
tees inquire for himself, and he will
learn their truth, The Republicans
of the Nineteenth Ward of Philadel-
phia early discovered the situation,
and prepared to guard themselves by
notice to all Republican dealers
whether brewers, wholesalers, or re-
tailers-that they regarded this COM
bination as extraordinary. corrupt
and in fact a conspiracy, and that they
would oppose in the Courts, which
now grant or refuse all classes of H.
cense, the application of any man
who subscribes to corruption fund
Is it corruption fund? The de-
mands and assessments made will
reach in the two cities to more than q
quarter million of dollars. this with
out counting the ability of the Demo-
cratic side of the combination to raise
many thousands more from its un.
usually heavy assessments upon the
incomes of all National Office holders.
These vast sums of money are to be
directed to a common end-the de-
feat of the Republican State and City
tickets, so that possession may be
gained for the battle cf next year
Then the hope Is entertained upon
one side that the National power of
the Democrats may be again assured
and upon the other that with such a
political alliance the sunday ani the
High License laws mqy be repeal
ed,
10 the three great cities of Phia-
delphia, Pitttsburg and Allegheny,
comprising million and half Of
people, and said to have in all fifty
thousand Saloon and Personal Liber-
ty voters, organizations are being Of
fected in each and every Ward, and
pledges are about to be circulated for
signatures authorizing the Conven-
ton TO direct all ,oho sign HOW TO
VOTE.
In Philadelphia this is known as
the Eighth Rule of the Personal lib
erty Convention. Formal Ward
meetings will be organized to assem-
bic on Sunday preceding the election
to receive and pass the word" to the
members of all the Liquor and Per-
sonal Liberty Leagues. Instructions
will be given to vote the full Demo-
cratic State and City tickets. These
instructions are nominated in the
hond,n
The Republican State Committee
would not triAe with its great con-
stituency, nor yet with any portion
! of the citizens of Pennsylvania, by
submitting any known misstatement
or by submitting known facts like
the above, solely for partisan pur-
pose. The Importance Of the facts
ascer tanned leap the bounds OF any
partisan purpose and appeal directly
to the fireside. They appeal to all
good citi zeDs, to all Christians of
whatever denomination, to oil Of our
people who value the liberty of the
law, even to all partisans who can
forget their party when the welfare
of society is threatened.
TO any and all such we direct at
tention to the fact it is the Republi-
can party which is assailed by this
startling State issue-not directly be-
cause of its National principles; not
dirertly heOause of its administration
of State or Municipality; but because
it stands for good government, in
both State and Municipality 1t is
charged with preserving the Sunday
laws which forbid the sale of liquors
upoE that day. In answer, it ac-
cepts the responsibility: IL is cbarg-
ed with having passed the High Lii
cense law. 1t just as freely accepts
that responsibility, for nearly all of
its members in the House and Sen.
! ate voted for the measure, while but
few democrats in the House and half
Of the Democrats in the Senate sus.
tanned it on final passage-most of
these being willing to cripple it in
advance of final passage. The State
Committee might, in this connection
truthfully say that it was not party
measure, and that the Republican
Representatives aud Senators who
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